cuts to the quick
really hurts / touches
her tone always cuts to the quick
cut to the quick
to hurt deeply, usually in an emotional way. References the quick of a fingernail or claw and the pain that results when the nail is cut back too far and usually bleeds
Susie Mae's stealin' my boyfriend/brother just plain cut to the quick.
cut to the quick
skip the fluff, tell whats important.
Georgie: bla bla bla bla bla
Reese: Cut to the quick Georgie, i havent got all day.
Reese: Cut to the quick Georgie, i havent got all day.
Cut to the quick
Fuckin' in the butt.
Man you really cut to the quick, my ass hurts like the dickens, just like that time Mac Brown cut me to the quick!
cuts me to the quick
really hurts me / touches me
that tone of hers always cuts me to the quick